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ancient Egypt had many gods. Some of them and the most important ones, are:
- Ra - god of sun
- Anubis - god of embalming
- Bes - god of happiness and protector of the family
- Osiris - god of the dead, god of the underworld
- Seth - murderer of Osiris - god of deserts, storms, darkness and chaos
- Isis - wife of Osiris - goddess of motherhood and fertility
- Horus - god of protection - protected the pharaohs
- Thoth - god of wisdom - the voice of Ra
- Amun or Amon - god of creation
- Imsety - son of Horus - protected the liver of the deceased - was protected by Nephthys(the mistress of the house)
- Hapy - son of Horus - protected the lungs of the deceased - was protected by Isis
- Qebehsenuef - son of Horus - protected the intestines of the deceased - was protected by Serket(goddess of healing stings and bites)
- Duamutef - son of Horus - protected the stomach of the deceased - was protected by Neith (goddess of war and of hunting)
- Hathor - goddess of love, motherhood and joy
- Khnum - he who created the bodies of the children
- Ma'at - goddess of truth, justice, balance, morality
- Ptah - god who gave the names of everything - when speaking a word, he created it
- Sekhmet - goddess of war
- Sobek - god of water
- Heket - creator of the ka's - goddess of life and fertility
- Meskhenet - creator of the ka's - goddess of childbirth
Hope it helped.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 6y agoOver 2,000, each responsible for their own specia area of influence.
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∙ 12y agoThere are close to 100 (94) Egyptian gods and goddesses.
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∙ 12y agoThere are many Egyptian Gods, however including the minor Gods and Goddesses there are 114.
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∙ 15y agoIt seems that there were about 2000 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses.
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∙ 13y agoWhile some 1,500 gods and goddesses are known by name from ancient Egypt, many of them were not worshiped at any one time or in any one place.
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∙ 11y agoThere are over 1,500 names of Egyptian gods and goddesses.
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∙ 6y agoThere are over 2,000 Egptian gods. The main gods are Osirus, Isis, Ra, Anubis, and Horus.
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∙ 11y agoas many as 2000 gods and godesses
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What made the Egyptian God Aton so different from most of the other gods and goddesses?
Aton was different because he was the god of monotheistic gods when Egyptian belief was all about many gods and monotheism is one god
Who are the many gods in Egyptian mythology?
Over 1,500 names of Egyptian gods and goddesses have been recorded.
How are Sumerian gods different from Egyptian gods?
Sumerian gods tend to be capricious and more or less random in their moods/ actions, while the Egyptian gods tend to be more consistent. Egypt was all about different cycles which governed life, while Sumeria was more about random unpredictable changes.
What were the names of the Egyptian gods and what did each of them represent specifically?
There were multiple gods and goddesses for MANY different reasons. From protection all the way to Beer. The best way to get a list of the gods and goddesses is just to google it:))
How do you call Egyptian farmers gods?
Egyptian farmers weren't gods in Egyptian mythology; although undoubtedly in ancient Egypt farmers worshiped the Egyptian gods and goddesses.
What are the Egyptian gods gods of?
they can be gods of different things
What made the Egyptian God Aton so different from most of the other gods and goddesses?
Aton was different because he was the god of monotheistic gods when Egyptian belief was all about many gods and monotheism is one god
Did Egyptian s have many gods?
there were at least 115 but which and how many are important is a different story.
Why the egyptian gods worship different gods?
i dont know
What are the top ten Egyptian gods?
there are no top 10 egyptian gods they all ahd different purposes that made the world
What was the ancient Egyptian religion?
Ancient Egyptians were a polytheistic people. This means that they believed in many different gods that represented many different things.
Who are the many gods in Egyptian mythology?
Over 1,500 names of Egyptian gods and goddesses have been recorded.
Why where there so many Egyptian gods?
The Egyptian gods were associated with concepts such as death, sun, etc... which may explain why there were "so many"!
Are there any other Egyptian gods?
There are many Egyptian gods and goddesses, so many that no official list of names exist yet.
What were the gods of the horus?
Horus is a Egyptian god, there are many gods identified with him.
How many Egyptian gods were their total?
1
How many gods and goddeses are there?
Is is not a firm count of Egyptian gods and goddesses confirmed.
